Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-06-11
A Naughty, Naughty Man.

Then we shall have no more of these
cruel partings
And you will be true to meg'
AS 1 always am,' he responded.
You did not forget to put that
photo you had especially taken for
me in nv 'gripsack,' did youp
ooh, dear, no. Are you sure you
will Look at it sometime, loyes'
You wicked doubt.r! You know
that shonld be wretchet without
at least such a semblance of my pet
to look at daily and nightly
Draw the veil of charity over his
grief anil the treachery of one i'll
whom he had such unb)unded con.
fdence.
In brief she, his only love, his
pet, his wife, had secretly Planned
to nuke him wretched. She had
taken that photograph from his
gripsacl1, and WAS gloatins over
his misery when he should disc 'ver
thai only memory remained to min
for the time being, OF his darllng's
looks.
Dear fellow, how he will scold
me for the trick" she theight; 'bat
I will send him the photo graph in
the first letter [ write to him.
Thu, appe;lsing he' co science,
she waited for his fist letter. 1t
came from Chicago and began as
follows:
My Hearts Dellght:-G,t mere
%. *. this a. IN. HIVE been wreSt.
ling with the trade all day, an | ~
rough time I've hal Of it. Welri
and tagged 1 have retirell TO my
room, shut out the gilded atlnos-
phere of sin that envelopes this
terrible city, aud taken from my
satcIlel your sweet picture. 1t is
before me us I write. | shall kiss
it when have said my evening
prayer. 1t will rest uu'ler my pill
How. 1t is my one sollce until [
hold you, my sweet wife, in these
faithful arms again
Thus far she read, then she top
pied over on the floor.
WHAT comfort sue found there it
hard to say; but 1t great detesmln l.
ton rose with the stricken wife,
who w,nt ont an hour later ald
sough5 a telegraph o.f;e.
Her husband hail beon saying
his prayers abroad that evening,
and when he got to his hotel ab)ut
midnight, his spiritual en- 'tions
received q new shock by a telegram
from his only Lore
1t was elaborate for ltsp1tch,
but under the circumstance oas
could otexpect an outraged wife
to transmit her feelings by The SLOW
mail. TniS dispatch read:
you are no longer tue only
drummer who is not d liar, as you
have always elaine |. Let che fri
ternity take you their chief in5o
their heart. Had yol taken che
pains even to Look for the photo
graph you say your prayers to, you
would lave discovered that | hal
Ito test you-removed it. My
faith in yon is dea II
! The husband clutched his HAIR
'Why, what did [ write to her
anyway he mattered
After while his fac3 cleared.
BY J)ve7 | must have piled on
the tafy. That's what m IN gets
for trying his best to make Il wo-
man feel good! Poor little dear,
what fume she must be in! Lacky
for me she gave her grievance
away. What geese woman are!
Bless your little nodd e, her faith
shall be resurrectel.'
Forthwith he autographed to a
knowing friend:
Send me, first mail, photograph
Iof my wife. Beg, borrow, steal it,
get it somehow. Will write all
particulars SON.
A week later drummer, in dig
nified martyrdom, stood face to
face with Il stern, but very wept
out wife,.
and humble, but he gazed upon
her with much scorn, and then
passed on to his room in crushing
silence. She was amazed. With
quick impulse she followed, thank.
ing heaven he had not locked her
out.
'Well,' she began, with wavering
courage, 'what have you got to Say
for yourself, now2'
Coldly, cruelty he looked at her.
sI?' he queried. woman, if it
were not for the overmastering love
1 bear for you, should never look
upon you again.
His face was convulsed, with
tragic suffering that was balm to
the heart to witness, but she only
sneered-
Can you explain the deception
you tried to practice upon me2'
Can you obliterate the insult
put upon your husband in that un
womanly dispatch9 A woman
with so little confidence in her hus-
band wonld be better off to live
alone. For my part, | am not only
disguised, but Disseminated. -
He turped sorrowtully away, and
bowed his head in his hands. She
approached him and laid the letter
which had caused so much grief
4.